Gretchen Walch, a rising Gatton Academy senior from Alexandria, represented the...
Melanie D. Eaton of Bowling Green, a new employee of WKU Aging, was recently advanced to Fellow of the American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA), in recognition of professional achievement and continuous adherence to the ethical and professional standards of ACHCA. Advancement to Fellow represents the highest level of membership in ACHCA and requires […]
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The WKU Board of Regents will conduct committee meetings and a special called meeting to approve the 2013-14 budget on Friday (June 21) in the Martin Regents Room, Mass Media and Technology Hall. Committee meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. with the Finance and Budget Committee, followed by Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and the Executive […]
The Symphony at WKU recently returned from its first International Concert Tour. In this week’s View from the Hill, find out why the trip to China marked a pivotal moment for WKU’s Confucius Institute.
WKU has selected 16 new Spirit Masters for 2013-14. Spirit Masters are the official ambassadors of WKU, work with the administration, alumni and community to provide a warm reception for guests and welcome every opportunity to promote WKU and exemplify the University’s motto, “The Spirit Makes the Master.” Students selected as new Spirit Masters for […]
Big Red Gig is a five-day guitar camp offered through the WKU Department of Music that offers a variety of guitar skills for children ages 7 to 18. The camp teaches students of all skill levels proper technique, chord and scale shapes, basic music theory, rhythm, performance and more. The camp takes place July 15-19, […]
Brent Björkman, director of the Kentucky Folklife Program at WKU, has been awarded an Archie Green Fellowship by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress awards the Green fellowships to stimulate research in occupational folklore across the country. Only four fellowships were awarded for […]
WKU is using cool apps to uncover hidden energy savings. As Amy Bingham reports in this week’s View from the Hill, the university is making the most of every investment in sustainability.
Dr. Jie Zhang, assistant professor of Educational Research in WKU’s College of Education and Behavioral Sciences, has been selected as a 2013 National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. The fellowship award is a $55,000 grant intended to provide release time from teaching in a two-year term 2013-2015. The grant will be used to conduct research […]
WKU biology graduate student Amanda Seaton of Hartford received an outstanding poster award recently at the 113th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology in Denver. Seaton works in Dr. Rodney King’s laboratory where she has been defining the requirements for early gene expression in a newly discovered virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia […]